If you haven’t checked out my photos from Mexico yet, I’ll let you know that I got stung by a stingray.I was following the advice in this link: shuffling my feet to avoid stepping directly on a ray, etc. However, I did not heed this sage advice: stay away from areas in which stingrays congregate. [...]

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Shabby ChicHas anyone seen this show? It served as my in-flight “entertainment” on my way back from Iceland and, to sum it up, it sucks.Here’s the premise. A woman (Rachel Ashwell) wants you to be the ghetto Martha Stewart. Mining thrift stores, asian markets, latin grocers and other untrodden-by-the-muted-palette-set locales, this [...]

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If anyone is reading this, and has a lot of money, I can guarantee you that if you open an IKEA franchise in Atlanta (preferably inside the perimiter) you will make a fortune. This town wants one, needs one, and for some inexplicable reason, we don’t have one.

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Don’t go here at work. It’s not porn, but it’s very strange and you probably don’t want anyone at work to catch you looking at this

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Atlanta, contrary to many people’s perceptions, is a HUGE city—over 4MM population in the metro area. Atlanta also contains many of the world’s tallest buildings, including the Bank of America (formerly Nations Bank) tower, which is the 7th tallest structure in North America. Among U.S. cities, only New York and Chicago have any [...]

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All Atlanta types: let’s all get together one of these days and do that magical little thing called drinking beer on a sunny afternoon. Maybe a grill day?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17060-2002Mar25.htmlI can’t really think of a single polite thing to say about this article or its authorette. So, since I ALWAYS do what my mother tells me, I will say nothing at all.Well except that I am delighted to learn that General Robert E. Lee knew less about the reasons for the War Between [...]

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De La is doin’ it for the kids. Check out this video!

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My friend Louisa has been living in London for what seems like 3 years now doing graduate art study. Here, you will find a couple links to information about her work on the web:Gallerie Larouche has some of her paintings for sale online.The e-gallery has a little thing going on that features some of [...]

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Some guys made a bong out of an old Macintosh and it made Wired news.

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I’m back from Puerto Penasco and I’ll tell you what: I’m converting to Mexicanism. I loved the place and the people. Photos are here.

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This article reads like a piece from the Onion. Sadly it isn’t. It does bring up a point that has been bothering me for some time: Why do people in certain cultures fire bullets in the air to celebrate and/or get attention? Haven’t they ever heard of gravity?- niclink

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I knew there was something up with those guys.
DENVER (Wireless Flash)—There’s something fishy about the band Phish—at least if you believe a man who’s been to more than 30 of the group’s psychedelic shows.

23-year-old Dan Hinman claims he’s witnessed all sorts of odd behavior at the concerts and has concluded that [...]

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I’m off to Puerto Penasco. I will eat a mescaline-soaked worm for y’all.Laetner, Christians

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How open-minded about other cultures and value systems are we expected to be? This is really pushing the outer limit.But isn’t it interesting that we hear stories like this at the same time that the Saudi government is opposing our policies in the Middle East?site

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